I subscribed to Carfax to see if they had my accident listed. I have it for 60 days. Let me know if anyone has a VIN they want checked out. Gotta get my $20 bucks worth. They say the service is free, but it only tells you that you have incidents, not what they are. After you agree to pay, you find out some of the incidents are things like registering your car. Just a way of getting paid for the "free service". PM me or otherwise if you want me to check a VIN out. Not sure if this is country wide or just Texas.

 

What info does it give back? I didn't really understand from your post.

 

It lists incidents posted against your car. If it has been totaled, it lists that as an incident. Tried it after I read the post of the guy who bought a car in Atlanta only to find out later that it was listed as totaled in this service had he checked. Also does title checks to verify clean titles.

Not sure how minor the incidents could be, or who is required to post against this service. Some of their quotes:

"Plan ... your best protection against buying a used car with costly hidden problems."


Their response after registering.

"GOOD NEWS! CARFAX search results confirm this 2001 Honda S 2000 (JHMAP11471T000292) qualifies for the $5,000 CARFAX Clean Title History Guarantee. By ordering this CARFAX Report, you have significantly reduced your risk of purchasing a vehicle with a costly hidden problem"

The report on my car:

Vehicle Specifications: JHMAP11471T000292
2001 Honda S 2000
Title Check: Clean Title History Guaranteed
Odometer Rollback Check: No Odometer Rollback Detected
Problem Check: No Problems Found
Registration Check Checked 7 types of vehicle registrations:
Vehicle History Details 2 Total Vehicle History Records Found